From my flist, this great tidbit:
English scholar Christopher Frayling, author of an epic biography of Sergio Leone and recent recipient of a knighthood. For his knightly crest, he chose the Latin motto:
Perge, Scelus, Mihi Diem Perficias
The official translation of the motto from the College of Heralds reads as follows:
Proceed, varlet, and let the day be rendered perfect for my benefit.
But the intended rendition would instead be:
Go ahead, punk, make my day.
They didn't really show anything scandalous, what with it being network TV and all. But what they were able to show looked pretty good.
Perge, Scelus, Mihi Diem Perficias
I *so* need to get this on a t-shirt.
Pern, ijs.
Aw, but you haven't really lived until Anne McCaffrey's tried to run you over with her motorized cart!
I just got the SFWA newsletter, and it mentioned that McCaffrey has "turned the Pern franchise over to her son."
Ew.
I am very glad to spread the Dempsey-ogling opportunities.
Except to msbelle.
Your fists aren't that wee that they can't hit the shift key, are they?
Still - petite.